Business Objects to Demonstrate Windows 2000 Support At Microsoft Launch Event.Business Editors/High Tech Writers Windows 2000 Expo SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 Business Objects (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, today announced it is showcasing support for Microsoft(R) Windows 2000 at the Windows 2000 Conference and Expo, February 17, in booth No. 633 at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Business Objects is demonstrating BusinessObjects(tm) running on Windows 2000 at the Microsoft event. BusinessObjects is the company's integrated query, reporting, and online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. (OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. ) tool. The company plans to support Windows 2000 with an upcoming update release of BusinessObjects scheduled to ship in the coming months. &uot;Business Objects latest effort to integrate Windows 2000 and BusinessObjects will provide our joint customers with a powerful solution for gaining maximum insight from their corporate data,&uot; said Andrew Hoover, group manager for Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and Business Intelligence at Microsoft. &uot;Windows 2000 is an important milestone for Microsoft, and we're glad to be participating with Microsoft at its launch event,&uot; said Mark Tice, vice president of global alliances for Business Objects. &uot;Business Objects shares a close relationship with Microsoft, and we look forward to supporting new Windows 2000 technology such as improved business-to-business application building and enhanced functionality for mobile users.&uot; Business Objects products embed Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications and include data exchange capabilities for customers to export BusinessObjects reports into Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Business Objects is certified for Microsoft Windows(R) 95, and Windows NT(R). BusinessObjects supports access to multiple relational databases, including Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. (tm) 7.0, and provides support for OLAP servers such as Microsoft OLE DB for OLAP. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the internet. In addition, the company's products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web. Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a &uot;semantic layer&uot; that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has sold more than 1,680,000 licenses to over 9,700 organizations in more than 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and PARIS BOURSE Paris Bourse National stock market of France. : code SICOVAM SICOVAM Société Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières 12074. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com. Note to Editors: Microsoft, Visual Basic, Windows, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects SA. WebIntelligence is a registered trademark of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the Company's fax retrieval line at 800-414-2114 and selecting option &uot;two.&uot; The announcement may also be downloaded from the web; access http://www.businesswire.com/cnn and search on &uot;Business Objects.&uot; Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800-527-0580. |
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